Battle off Ulsan

Battle of Ulsan
	Part of the Russo-Japanese War
	; Sinking of the Russian cruiser Rurik in the Battle of Ulsan, 1904, from a contemporary propaganda postcard
Date	14 August 1904
Location	Of Ulsan, Korea; (35°4.36′N 129°56.64′E)
Result	Japanese victory Russian raiding squadron crippled;
Belligerents
Empire of Japan	Russian Empire
Commanders and leaders
Kamimura Hikonojō	Karl Jessen
Strength
4 armoured cruisers; 2 protected cruisers	3 armoured cruisers
Casualties and losses
44 killed; 71 wounded; 1 cruiser slightly damaged	343 killed; 652 wounded; 1 armoured cruiser sunk; 2 armoured cruisers damaged

The naval Battle of Ulsan (Japanese: 蔚山沖海戦 Urusan'oki kaisen; Russian: Бой в Корейском проливе, Boi v Koreiskom prolive), also known as the Battle of the Japanese Sea or Battle of the Korean Strait, took place on 14 August 1904 between cruiser squadrons of the Imperial Russian Navy and the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Russo-Japanese War, four days after the Battle of the Yellow Sea.

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